Marquis Walker: Teen killer Jermaine Coles, 14, jailed in Croydon for murder in historic TV hearing

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The teen rapper who killed 14-year-old Jermaine Coles in a brutal street attack with a machete has been jailed for life in a historic TV hearing.

Marquis Walker, 17, stabbed Jermaine seven times in a “foolish attack of extreme ferocity” during a fight near West Croydon station in November 2021.

Creepy CCTV captured the moment Walker pulled the large machete out of his coat and plunged it into Jermaine’s chest over and over as the boy lay on the floor, squirming desperately to save himself.

In a victim impact statement, Jermaine’s mother Lauren Dudek said they had to “endure with a rap song produced and posted online by members of (Walker’s) gang, galvanizing and mocking us about Jermaine’s murder.”

She said, “I will never forgive the accused for taking my child away from me, robbing me of the opportunity to watch him turn from a boy into a man and destroy the life of our family.”

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Ms. Dudek described being left with a “sad and empty house filled with three people in mental anguish and anguish”.

She added, “Now I’m afraid of living into old age having to endure this constant pain.”

Jermaine Walker’s father, Julius Coles, asked, “Why did you do that to my innocent child who never had a problem with anyone?”

He added that Walker’s gang members “have his blood on your hands”.

Marquis Walker Jermaine Coles killed in knife attack in West Croydon

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Walker, a Country Lines drug dealer linked to the Shroplands gang in south London, had been released on bail for possession of a knife at the time of the murder, and had written lyrics behind bars bragging about the killing.

At the Old Bailey on Tuesday, Justice Sarah Monroe K. C. Walker will be sentenced to life imprisonment with a minimum term of 19 years.

“This is yet another case of the gratuitous killing of a young teenager, which was committed for reasons no adult adult could understand,” she said.

Jermaine Coles was just 14 when he killed him, the youngest victim of a knife killing in London in 2021.

There have been many other murders of young teens since Jermaine’s death.

“There does not seem to be anything to prevent people like you from taking to the streets of London and elsewhere armed with lethal weapons easily obtained on the Internet, with the intention of committing serious acts of violence without any thought of the consequences for the victims, their innocent loved ones or the consequences for themselves.

“In the words of your private counsel, this was an appalling act of mindless violence.”

Prosecutor Carolyn Carberry KC said television footage and video taken by a bystander showed “Jermaine Coles didn’t stand a chance”.

He could not resist. He was unarmed, he was on the ground, he was completely weak, she said.

“He was stabbed seven times by Marquis Walker in a foolish attack of extreme ferocity.”

Jermaine was the 27th fatal victim of knife crime that year, and the youngest victim to die on the streets of London in 2021.

Jermaine Coles murdered in Croydon, south London (Met Police/PA)

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The court heard that a quarrel had broken out with Jermaine and his brothers on one side and Walker and his friends on the other.

“Jermain stumbled but regained his footing only to fall onto the pavement, possibly as a result of being pushed by another member of Marquis Walker’s group,” said Ms Carberry.

At this point, while Jermaine was on the sidewalk, Marquis Walker removed the large knife he had hidden in the front of his jacket.

He quickly approached Jermaine who was still on the ground and stabbed him several times in quick succession as Jermaine rolled around the sidewalk trying to avoid the blows.

Jermaine was taken to hospital by members of the public but died of stab wounds inflicted by Walker.

The killer was on bail at the time of the crime, the court heard, and went on to carry out another attack while in remand.

He pleaded guilty to causing grievous bodily harm to a classmate, 17, causing the victim severe brain damage.

The court heard that Walker had initiated the attack and shouts of “stop him” were heard. After that he said “This is what informants get” and asked the prison officer: “Is he dead?”

Also in prison, Walker wrote rap lyrics about Jermaine’s murder that were discovered by a guard.

“I had a young stardawg do a roley poley act, but I had to bend from the police on me, I left him for dead on my high knees,” he wrote.

Walker’s knife conviction was heard by the Court in February 2020, while a Year 7 pupil at Meridian High School in Croydon.

The headmaster had caught him with a large Rambo knife in his backpack.

In April 2021, Walker dropped a knife in a police pursuit when he was on watch in a ‘County Lines’ drug operation. However, the knife possession suit was dropped the following March on the grounds that Walker was a victim of modern slavery.

Six weeks before Jermaine was murdered, on 6 October 2021, Walker was caught with the dreaded Knife Zombie on a bus through Croydon.

After the murder, Walker moved back to his family home in Bromley. His mom found messages on his Snapchat account from friends, advising him to get rid of his clothes and phone, and suggesting he might get away with murder.

Walker went on the run, and was arrested six weeks later by sheer coincidence when police showed up at an address in Upper Norwood to arrest another person.

Walker was described as a “habitual knife-wielder,” and told officers when challenged about his behavior: “If you guys grow up when I walk out of my house without a knife, I literally feel like I’m walking to my death.”

Judge Monroe K. agreed. C agreed that Walker could be named despite being under 18, and ruled that her refereeing remarks could be filmed and broadcast as a “deterrent to others”.

The judge said, “This defendant’s interest does not outweigh the public interest in open justice, and the reporting restriction is no longer necessary.”

“The serious nature and increasing prevalence of knife crime, knife-related homicide, and violent crime…; the subsequent need for deterrence; the strengthening of public confidence that the criminal justice system is addressing the problem; and the proximity of the defendant’s eighteenth birthday…all of this outweighs any insignificant effect on the defendant’s well-being.” “.

This is the first televised sentencing hearing for a defendant under the age of 18 who murdered a young victim.

Justice Monroe was forced to appeal the judgment’s remarks when she was interrupted by a woman shouting from the public gallery “The fight has begun”, directing her remarks at a seated man watching.

Walker, of Bromley, Kent, pleaded guilty to murder, possession of an offensive weapon, and causing grievous bodily harm.

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